La La Land

I love it when I can relax during my workout and get into a groove. I call that place La La Land. There is no one there but me. I am the Queen Space Cadet and proud of it!

It is a beautiful place. It can be anything I want it to be. Sometimes I am by the ocean and the sky is blue with puff-puff clouds, or on a long stretch of smooth asphalt that is all downhill with the wind in my hair, or in a dark green glassy sea. All good until I open my eyes and discover that I'm inside, that it's December and it's cold and dark outside, and there are people around that, despite my best efforts, won't go away. The clouds are really TV monitors, the wind is from a fan, and the taste in my mouth is chlorine, not salt, and I just about hit the wall at the end of the lap lane. Totally spaced.

Tinkerbell was in La La Land when I tried to join her in her lane in the pool last week. She spooked when she saw me sitting there waiting to get her attention. I asked if I really looked that bad. If she was OK. Was she SURE she was OK. If I could get in. Was she SURE that was going to be OK. Giggle fits are a great way to get your heart rate up and start your workout.

On Thursday I finally found La La Land on the spinning bike. I closed my eyes and just focused on the workout. Teacher led us on some big hills and I temporarily escaped, my royal little legs pumping like mad. Then, suddenly, I was back in the real world: Teacher wrapped up class by informing us that she won't be doing spinning classes after the end of the month. I was out of breath to start with, then the wind got kicked out of me. NO I wanted to shout! Just because you have a full time job and two kids? What about ME? I staggered off to work on the mats. They never turned into anything cool. Just dirty old mats. I was sad.

No good gossip this week. Poison Ivy is everywhere. I hope I win the basket raffle - the one with the wine in it. Bored already and it's only December. I think it's time to start something. Maybe we can go around and pick our favorite space cadet and ask them if they know where La La Land is.